The present work shows a theoretical review of leadership concept and strategic people and team management, focused in concepts such as management by instructions, management by objectives, management by values; organizational culture; mission, vision and values statements; creativity, idea generation and innovation; conflict resolution, risk-taking decisions and team management; work environment, human resources and recruitment. At the same time, an experimental study is being made; it consists in the questionnaire administration of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) and the Scale of Work Environment to a sample, obtained by accidental sampling, formed by 35 people (37.14 % men and 62.86 % women) with an average age of 42.57 years old working in three companies of the province of Girona. The results obtained through the experimental design and backed by the theoretical review show that the Authentic Leadership, measured through factors such as the consciousness of himself same, the transparency in the relationship, the processing swung and the morals internalized relate directly of positive form with the work environment, construct formed by factors as: perception of the work place; wage; work organization; autonomy and participation; schedules and conciliation with personal life; physical conditions of the work place; mates relationship; manager-boss relationship and promotions possibility. It concludes, in accordance with different countries researches made with similar instruments, that the authentic leadership improves satisfaction, commitment and employee performance.